Tyler Onyango visits injury specialist in London after Everton setback
Everton starlet Tyler Onyango has endured an awful few months at Goodison Park with injury.
After breaking into the first team set up under Carlo Ancelotti and making his senior debut, he went on to suffer serious ligament damage in his ankle.
Undergoing surgery in April, Onyango has been ruled out since and much has changed during that spell at Goodison Park.
Rafa Benitez has since arrived, and the Liverpool Echo has now reported that he is looking forward to assessing the 18-year-old.
He may get to do that sooner rather than later.
Onyango visited the specialist in London last week, and it is suggested that the results were positive and he was ahead of schedule.
There is real hope that he could return to full fitness before the start of the Premier League season, and will use the under-23s to regain his sharpness.
Chance.
After regaining his fitness, there will be a real opportunity for Onyango under Benitez, if he wants it enough.
There will be cup opportunities in the early rounds, but they will start a matter of weeks after his scheduled return.
It may come too soon for the young star, who could have to wait until the FA Cup to make another first-team showing if the draw is kind to us.
Thankfully, it looks as though his chance didn’t go once Ancelotti left though, and Benitez looks like the man to pick up the baton.
Onyango will be thankful and praying that his chances do come once he returns from the injury nightmare.
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